New Setup Problems

Leitchy

Leitchy

Leitchy

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Hello,

Just purchased a new setup and having troubles getting the system going. The setup is as below:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Asus P5B Deluxe (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU

The PSU I know is ok, as this was the power I used for my old rig (and tested it again just to make sure after I was having problems). When I plug the power cords onto the motherboard and turn the power on, the ASUS 'Blue' light comes on indicating that the motherboard is receiving power. 1 Ram chip is already on at this time, and ofcourse the cpu is seated and its heat sink is securely on. When I try and boot the system now, nothing happens, no spinning of fans, and no indication the system is trying anything. I have tried removing everything bar the cpu, and still no power.

So is the motherboard faulty do you think? The blue light on it is certainly misleading if it is. I've tried shortening the power pins on *** board itself to rule out the Case Power Button, but to no avail.

I have no way of testing if the Gfx card is faulty, and would the ram function in the old DFI Lanparty nf3 that sported my a64 3700?

Thanks
 
and would the ram function in the old DFI Lanparty nf3 that sported my a64 3700?

no m8, old board uese ddr ram, u have just bought ddr2 ram, so wont work.

is it possible that your ram needs more volts than it is gettiing, have saw this often around forum, just an idea g/l.
 
Thermal material should really be reapplied.

I'd also be tempted to turn the system on afterwards with no memory or graphics card. Just make sure you have a speaker attached correctly.
 
It said in another thread, to try powering on the computer with just the cpu and heatsink on with no ram, and it should then atleast give me spin up. So I think I can take the ram out of the equation for the moment. Thanks for your help though!
 
could be so many simple things, needing to take things out & see what probs r, best bet, if u wanna test,
take M/b out of case, ONLY use cpu, g card & 1 stick of ram, you are now using the minimal compenets. check all plugs ect fitted correct, then try from there..

PS! just saw this from the info on your Ram. This probs u Prob Then i would bet :(


""- 2.4V Power Supply (You must be able to supply stable 2.4v, only few mainboards can achieve this, check before buying) ""
 
if that is prob, get u self a very cheap 128-256 ram stick or borrow, load with that, set proper voltage for ram in bios
 
""- 2.4V Power Supply (You must be able to supply stable 2.4v, only few mainboards can achieve this, check before buying) ""
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What? Where did you see that because the memory is usually fine at 1.8v and is rated at 2.1v.
 
My post above was stating that the system still never worked with the RAM removed. so I don't think that is the problem. In the other thread, it was saying that I should get some spin up with only the mainboard, and cpu installed, and I am getting nothing at all.

I'm going to go nuts at it in a moment, the next question is what to do if it still doesn't work after all my tinkering, return it fully to Overclockers?
 
Leitchy said:
If the motherboard power is coming on (I'm going by *** blue light it gives) could it mean the CPU has went bong then?
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Have you removed the CPU, reset the BIOS and then refitted the CPU and tried again, yet?
 
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